Here at HWBOT we try our best to deliver a fair and enjoyable playing field for all those who participate in the rankings and competition. To be able to provide this kind of service we have tried to design some submission and general rules to help remove any doubts about whether something is allowed or not. Based on continued experience these rules will be updated, expanded and completed as time goes by. Please check back for any updates.
The HWBOT Country Cup 2024 allows only single CPU socket retail motherboards and single GPU retail Videocard submissions (unless specifically stated otherwise).
No Laptop or other mobile devices, desktop non server hardware only (unless specified)
Intel Arrow Lake processors and AMD 9800X3D not allowed
Please ensure that the verification screenshot includes the competition background, on top of the standard HWBOT rules, a CPU-Z Motherboard tab is required
Plz check out the Standard and specific Country Cup 2024 Rules laid down per stage before submitting. If in doubt contact a moderator
CPU
Stage 1: 7-Zip by BenchMate: 1x 1, 2 and 5 processor core submission
Stage2: Geekbench 5 Single Core - AMD processor: Different CPU cores
Stage3: 3DMark CPU profile Max - 1x LGA1155, LGA1200 and LGA1700 submission
Stage4: Y-Cruncher PI BBP-10B - 1x 6-12-24 processor cores
Stage5: HWBot X265 1080P - 1x FM1, FM2, FM2+ submission
Stage6: Cinbench 2024 - Intel - Maximum of 24 processor cores (no E core disabling allowed)
GPU
Stage 1: 3DMark03 - APU: 1x FM2, FM2+ and AM4 submission
Stage2: 3DMark Vantage Perf (GPU) - AMD Videocard: GPU Family
Stage3: 3DMark Solar Bay (see card limitations)
Stage4: Cinebench 2024 GPU - GPU Family
Stage5: 3DMark 2001SE - AMD processor, SLi/Crossfire allowed
Stage6: 3DMark Steel Nomad Vulkan - nVIDIA - GPU Family
Memory
Stage 1: Memory Frequency - Y-Cruncher 2.5 stable: 1x DDR3, DDR4 and DDR5 submission
Stage2: Geekbench 5 Multicore: 1x DDR3, DDR4 and DDR5 submission
Stage3: 3DMark Time Spy (CPU): Maximum of 10 core processors cores
Stage4: PYPrime 32B by BenchMate - Memory Size: 1X 6GB (triple Channel LGA1366) - 8GB and 16 GB submission
Stage5: SuperPi 32M: 1x DDR, DDR2 and DDR3 submission
Tweaking
Stage1: Y-Cruncher Pi-1B by BenchMate - 8 Core AMD CPUs only - 5005MHz - different CPU and Memory
Stage2: Pifast by BenchMate - 5005MHz - By CPU socket: 1x AM3+, AM4 and AM5 submission
Stage3: 3DMark11 PhysX - 6005MHz - 1 x 8, 12, 16 submission (no E core disabling allowed)
Stage4: 7-Zip by BenchMate - 6005MHz - 6 Processor cores: (no E core disabling allowed)
Stage5: PYprime32B by BenchMate - 5005MHz - Memory Cas Latency 28 - different CPU and Memory